Translingual

Han character

関 (radical 169 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓廿大 (ANTK), composition ⿵門关)

References

• KangXi: page 1334, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41297
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4299, character 5
• Unihan data for U+95A2

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 關)

1. frontier pass
2. close
3. relation
4. barrier
5. gate

Readings

• Goon: けん (ken)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)
• On (unclassified): わん (wan)
• Kun: せき (seki), かんぬき (kannuki), かかわる (kakawaru)

Compounds

• 指関節 (ゆびかんせつ) ‎(yubikansetsu)
• 関西 (かんさい) ‎(Kansai)
• 関 (せき)ヶ原 (はら) ‎(Sekigahara)
• 関係 (かんけい) ‎(kankei)
• 関連 (かんれん) ‎(kanren)

Proper noun

関 ‎(hiragana せき, romaji Seki)

1. a place name, such as that of Seki City in Gifu Prefecture
2. A surname​.